The Universal Bill of Rights for Young People

The RIGHT to a quality education that expands their potentials for life enhancement.

The RIGHT to be free of physical, emotional and sexual abuse.

The RIGHT to be respected and be treated as a valuable member of the community.

The RIGHT to be heard and seen as equals in the human family.

The RIGHT to have a support system and present grievances within the family and community.

The RIGHT to healthy air, water, food and medical care.

The RIGHT to a safe and secure environment.

The RIGHT to play and exercise as an essential ingredient in education.

The RIGHT to ask adults to share the talent and resources of the community as a partnership in order to expand youngr people’s creativity and contribute to a more productive, creative and peaceful world of communities.

The RIGHT to join adults in the PROCLAMATION OF THE HUMAN FAMILY: We are all children of the UNIVERSE no less than the trees and the stars. We should celebrate our BEING and our being here and consider all human beings as valuable as the most precious objects we perceive. (This PROCLAMATION is a revision of Desiderata.)